THROW SI 7 [VN]
to throw or aim sth ; IE ••• Bffi
•••XfTt:
He delivered the blow (= hit sb hard) with all his force. jfetfsfc—
►
RESCUE ft?# 8 [VN]
~ sb (from sth) (old use) to rescue sb from sth bad ft?#;
H#; {££gjSj& HJAsave
D3EI
see
goods, sign v.
de-liver-able /di'livorabl/ noun [usually pi.] a
product that a company promises to have ready for a customer fHl7* pp: computer
software deliverables
deliverance /dTliverans/
noun [U] ~ (from sth) (format) the
state of being rescued from danger, evil or pain ft?
mm
mu
de liv ery tHf /di'livari/ noun
{pi. -ies)
1
[U, C] the act of taking goods, letters, etc. to the people they have been sent
to # ; ill :
a delivery van JSi ^ X 0 Please
pay for goods on delivery (= when you receive them), if tfc 0 0
Allow 28 days for delivery, if 28 0 Is
there a postal/mail
delivery on Saturdays? H. $] A il W ? o (format) When can you take delivery of (= be available to receive) the car? 0
(figurative) the delivery of public services # 2 [C, U] the process of
giving birth to a baby tHfc: an easy/difficult delivery M / at A 0 a
delivery room/ ward (= in a hospital, etc.) 3
[sing.] the
way in which sb speaks,
sings a song, etc. in public i# A : The
beautiful poetry was ruined by
her poor delivery. a
4
[C] a ball that is thrown, especially in cricket
or baseball ( X$b : a fast delivery
ITfTl see cash n.
dell /del/
noun (literary) a small valley with trees growing in or
around it ) A>lll£r
de-louse /,di:Taus/
verb [VN] to remove lice (= small insects) from sb’s hair
or from an animal’s coat A
( 3&A2i«!&%) AittllA
(immmm, n)
DELTA
/'delta/
noun [U] a British
qualification from the University of Cambridge for experienced teachers of
English as a foreign language (the abbreviation for ‘Diploma in English
Language Teaching to Adults’) JE&A ip # ^ A ^ Diploma in English Language
Teaching
to Adults,
delta /'delta/
noun 1 the fourth letter of
the Greek alphabet (A, 5)4.. + ## 2 an area of land,
shaped like a triangle, where a river has split into several smaller rivers
before entering the sea H /I : the
'delta rays noun [pi.] {physics fyf) rays
of slow-moving particles which
have been forced out of atoms by
RADIATION ( ) 8 Mm
'delta rhythm noun [C, U] {biology
£) the normal electrical activity of your brain when you are asleep ( JItk
)
8 A#
'delta wing noun a single wing in the
shape of a triangle on some aircraft, especially on military planes
(
deltoids /'deltoidz/
(also informal delts /delts/) noun [pi.] {anatomy ft?) the thick triangle-shaped muscles that cover the shoulder
joints H/UUl ( SHA/Pl AA )
de lude /di'luid/ verb ~ sb/yourself (into doing sth) to
make sb believe sth that
is not true HT71
deceive : [VN] Don't be deluded into thinking that we are out of
danger yet. A ^ IU A ^ Cl B I& ^ ftL .ft. o You poor deluded creature. 0 He’s
deluding himself if he thinks
it’s going to be easy. #, If
o [VN that] She
had been deluding herself
that he loved her. M— i B itffeo
— see also delusion(2)
deluge /’delju:d3/ noun, verb
• noun [usually sing.] 1 a sudden very heavy fall of rain H M; AM;
$17jc flood 2 a large number of
things that happen or arrive
at the same time ifSSKftlp1 a deluge of
calls/complaints/
letters
fif#
mverblVN] 1 ~ sb/sth (with sth) [usually passive] to
send or give sb/sth a large number of things at the same time BBCI flood, inundate: We have been deluged with applications for
the job.
Ef E$ A
IR
fit $1 Cl 0|fc A BiL 2 [often passive] (formal) to flood a place with
water ft M ;
if; : The campsite was deluged by a flash flood.
delusion /di'lu:3n/ noun 1 [C] a false belief or
opinion about yourself or your situation t#JE;
AS: the delusions of the mentally ill i(f o Don’t go
getting delusions of grandeur
{=
a belief that you are more important than you actually are). A H $ % $ S
M A o 2 [U] the act of
believing or making yourself believe sth that is not true
de-lu-sive /di'luisiv/
(also de-lu-sory /di'lursari; -zari/) adj. (formal) not real or true A E %
W ; IflKl BQ3
DECEPTIVE
de luxe /,da ‘lAks; 'luks/
adj. [usually
before noun] of
a higher quality and more expensive than usual H771 luxury: a de luxe hotel
delve /delv/
verb [V +adv./prep.] to search for sth
inside a bag, container, etc. ( ^^) SSH771
dig: She delved in her handbag for a pen. T-Si'll
Jiii#c®<l^io »=i:iATi .delve 'into sth to try hard to find out more information
about sth She
had started to delve into
her father’s distant past.
Dem.
abbr. (in politics in
the
dema gogue /'demagog; NAmE -ga:g/ noun (disapproving) a political leader who tries to win
support by using arguments based on emotion rather than reason & iS[ % ► dema-gog-ic /.dema'gogik; NAmE -'ga:g-/ adj. dema-gogy /'demagogi; NAmE -ga:gi/ noun [U]
de mand o-w /di'maind; NAmE di'maend/ noun, verb
►
noun 1 [C] - (for sth/that...) a very firm
request for sth;
sth that sb needs :
a
demand for higher pay o demands that
the law on gun ownership
should be changed HAUgfc+fr
r o firms attempting
to meet/satisfy their customers’ demands (= to give them what they are
asking for) 2 demands [pi.]
~
(of sth) | ~ (on sb) things that sb/sth makes you do,
especially things that are difficult, make you tired, worried, etc. ( %%mm. )
£
A:
the demands of childrert/work if HAMf;
X if- M M A ^ ^ 0 Flying makes enormous demands on pilots. W, 3 [U, C] ~ (for sth/sb)
the desire or need of
customers for goods or services which they want to buy or use ( ) f A, mM:
to meet the demand for a
product A 0
There’s an increased demand for organic produce these
days.
S o Demand is
exceeding supply. ^ A JSZ A „ IEIZZI by popular de- mand because a lot of people have asked for sth
^ 7 By popular demand, the play will run for
another week. Mr
o In de'mand wanted by a lot of
people fr AA: Good secretaries are always in
demand.
on de'mand done or happening whenever
sb asks — £53cA: Feed the baby on demand. XX 0 on-demand
printing of books BP
£p — see also supply and demand
►
verb 1 to ask for sth very
firmly ® A : [VN] She demanded an immediate explanation.
ii}ft?#o o [V that] The UN has demanded that all troops be
withdrawn. f^S B AJjfp£3PIAo
0 (BrE also) They are demanding that all troops should be
withdrawn